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Kevin Stitt: “We're spending 2 trillion over our income right now.”

Featuring: Kevin Stitt, Republican | Governor of Oklahoma

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Published | Video Starts at 30:20

But it's basically, you know, it's a 9010 split. Right. With states. So the federal government pays 90% of our Medicaid expansion and the reimbursement rates. We're spending 2 trillion over our income right now. Nobody's talking about the national debt. It's at $40 trillion. We're spending more on interest than we do on our national defense. Now there is a big problem and we have, we cannot afford to cover everyone. (30:20–30:24)

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Asserts that the U.S. is spending $2 trillion more than its income.

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